[quote=delusionsofNORMALity]your simple solution to the dilemma denies the truth of what insurance really is. it is an investment in your future health, a gamble that the price of your accumulated premiums will be less than the cost of treatment for some catastrophic illness in the future. it is not a discount on medical treatment or a charity for the indigent. just as medicine is a business, dependent on profit for growth and advances, so is medical insurance. for there to be any rational reform in the health care industries we must distance the business of insurance from the business of the actual care, just as auto insurance is from the automotive industry and home owner's insurance is from home construction, and deal with each independently. for too long these separate industries have fed off of each other, each trying to outdo the other in corruption and graft, and the end result has been outrageous prices for medical care and a series of loopholes and inequities in insurance coverage. the lion's share of the blame for these problems lies at the feet of the most corrupt player in this game, a government comprised of self-serving animals that unevenly applies restrictions and uses the graft generated by the interference of those tasked to oversee the field to fill political war chests.

the notion that a state controlled public option can be a self-sustaining answer to the dilemma is nothing more than a bald faced lie. any profit that may emerge during flush times will be immediately funneled into the pet projects of petty bureaucrats and, without the investment of private backers to ride out the unexpected, the onus for any shortfall lies firmly with the american taxpayer. the immediate pool for a state run insurance consists of those without the means to purchase coverage from private sources, so their premiums must be minimal and their coverage, as a consequence, must be minimal as well. this leaves us with the same problem we have now, the poor refusing to pay for medical services that their insurance does not cover. the problem is magnified by the fact that, aside from the normal costs of existence, they must also pay for an insurance that does not meet their needs. government subsidizing of those premiums still places the tax burden on the wealthy and the middle class, so once again we have the american taxpayer footing the bill for another corrupt state run charity.

that is what this whole thing is about, now isn't it? another mandatory charity to help line the pockets of washington's criminal element, our unresponsive representatives, and steal a bit more of the people's self-determination. another way to make politicians appear as if they really care about those they represent, while they consolidate their power over the destiny of this nation and decimate the control of the individual over his own life. the answers that government gives us only serve to erase a bit more of the personal responsibility we should take over our own actions and increase its hold over the social, economic and ethical life of this country.

to hell with your statistics and economic theory. the truth of the matter is there for anyone to see, anyone that cares to question the motives of the liberal establishment. government always takes the easy way out. what it cannot control it either destroys or takes over. in this case their agenda is clear, to take over a major segment of our economy by destroying much of the private sector's access to profit and taxing the hell out of the rest of it.[/QUOTE

This about sums up my feelings. Cant help but feel trapped in the middle by these 2 parties. Something has gotta give soon. What will that be? F--k I dont know.....but something has gotta give.
Islandborn Reviewed by Islandborn on . Health Reforms I've been watching the debate in the US about adopting a British style health system, I'd be interested to hear others take on this. The UK population has a higher life expectancy than the US. I have had many reasons to be thankful to the system we have and I've always believed we would be a lot worse if we followed the US way. Two comments I heard recently were. The only time we Brits have a lower life expectancy than the Americans is when we're on military manouvers with them. ;) Rating: 5